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Grief is the response to the loss of something deemed important, particularly to the death of a person or other living thing to which a bond or affection was formed. Although conventionally focused on the emotional response to loss, grief also has physical, cognitive, behavioral, social, cultural, spiritual and philosophical dimensions.
Ta'zieh [a] (Arabic: تعزية; Persian: تعزیه; Urdu: تعزیہ) means comfort, condolence, or expression of grief. It comes from the roots aza (عزو and عزى) which mean mourning. It commonly refers to passion plays about the Battle of Karbala and its prior and subsequent events.
Mourning and Melancholia (German: Trauer und Melancholie) is a 1917 work of Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis. [ 1 ] In this essay, Freud argues that mourning and melancholia are similar but different responses to loss .
These Bible verses for a grieving heart can provide comfort and strength to help you, a family member, or a friend mourn and cope with the death of a loved one. ... put a simple mourning cloth ...
Mourning is the emotional expression [2] in response to a major life event causing grief, especially loss. [ 3 ] [ 2 ] It typically occurs as a result of someone's death , especially a loved one. [ 3 ]
Amid falling birth rates and growing numbers of U.S. adults opting to remain child-free, boomer and Generation X grandparents are mourning the prospect of ever becoming grandparents. However ...
The grieving process for an ambiguous loss differs from regular mourning in that one is unable to gain closure due to unresolved grief. [12] In cases of a psychological ambiguous loss, the grieving process can be especially difficult because of the inability to accept or admit that there is a problem and confront the situation in the first ...
Professional mourning or paid mourning is an occupation that originates from Egyptian, Chinese, Mediterranean and Near Eastern cultures. Professional mourners , also called moirologists [ 1 ] and mutes , are compensated to lament or deliver a eulogy and help comfort and entertain the grieving family.